David's Charge to Solomon
1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
Basi siku ya kufa kwake Daudi ikakaribia, akamwusia Sulemani mwanawe, akasema,
2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
Mimi naenda njia ya ulimwengu wote; basi uwe hodari, ujionyeshe kuwa mwanamume;
3 and keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
uyashike mausia ya Bwana, Mungu wako, uende katika njia zake, uzishike sheria zake, na amri zake, na hukumu zake, na shuhuda zake, sawasawa na ilivyoandikwa katika torati ya Musa, upate kufanikiwa katika kila ufanyalo, na kila utazamako;
4 that the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
ili Bwana afanye imara neno lake alilonena kwa habari yangu, akisema, Ikiwa watoto wako wataiangalia njia yao, wakienda mbele zangu kwa kweli, kwa moyo wao wote, na kwa roho yao yote, (akasema), hutakosa mtu katika kiti cha enzi cha Israeli.
5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
Na zaidi ya hayo, umejua alivyonitenda Yoabu, mwana wa Seruya, yaani, alivyowatenda majemadari wawili wa majeshi ya Israeli, Abneri, mwana wa Neri, na Amasa, mwana wa Yetheri, ambao aliwaua, na kuimwaga damu ya vita wakati wa amani, akautia damu ya vita mshipi uliokuwa viunoni mwake, na viatu vilivyokuwa miguuni mwake.
6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
Kwa hiyo ufanye kama ilivyo hekima yako, wala usimwachie mvi zake kushukia Ahera kwa amani.
7 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
Lakini uwafanyie mema wana wa Barzilai Mgileadi, wawe miongoni mwao walao mezani pako; kwa jinsi walivyonijilia nilipokuwa nimekimbia mbele ya Absalomu, ndugu yako.
8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
Hata, angalia, yuko pamoja nawe Shimei, mwana wa Gera, Mbenyamini, wa Bahurimu, ndiye aliyenilaani kwa laana kuu siku ile nilipokwenda Mahanaimu; lakini akashuka kunilaki kule Yordani, nami nikamwapia kwa Bwana, nikamwambia, Mimi sitakuua kwa upanga.
9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
Basi kwa hiyo usimwachilie, kwa kuwa wewe u mtu wa akili; nawe utajua ikupasayo umtendee, na mvi zake utazishusha Ahera pamoja na damu.
10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
Basi Daudi akalala na babaze, akazikwa mjini mwa Daudi.
11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
Na siku alizotawala Daudi juu ya Israeli zilikuwa miaka arobaini; huko Hebroni alitawala miaka saba, na katika Yerusalemu akatawala miaka thelathini na mitatu.
12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
Basi Sulemani akaketi katika kiti cha enzi cha Daudi baba yake; na ufalme wake ukawa imara sana.
13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
Ndipo Adonia mwana wa Hagithi akaja kwa Bath-sheba mamaye Sulemani. Naye akasema, Je! Umekuja kwa amani?
14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
Naye akajibu, Kwa amani. Tena akasema, Nina shauri ninalotaka kukuambia. Naye akamwambia, Sema.
15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.
Basi akasema, Wajua ya kwamba ufalme ulikuwa wangu, na Israeli wote wakaniwekea nyuso zao ili nimiliki mimi; walakini sasa ufalme umegeuka kuwa wake ndugu yangu; kwa maana ulikuwa wake kutoka kwa Bwana.
16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
Basi sasa nina haja moja ninayokuomba, usinikataze hiyo. Naye akamwambia, Sema.
17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
Akasema, Nena, nakusihi, na Sulemani, mfalme, (kwa kuwa hawezi kukukataza neno), kwamba anioze Abishagi, Mshunami.
18 And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
Naye Bath-sheba akasema, Vema; nitasema na mfalme kwa ajili yako.
19 Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
Basi Bath-sheba akaingia kwa mfalme Sulemani, aseme naye kwa ajili ya Adonia. Naye mfalme akainuka kwenda kumlaki, akamwinamia, akaketi katika kiti chake cha enzi; kisha akaagiza awekewe kiti cha enzi mamaye mfalme; naye akaketi mkono wake wa kuume.
20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee , say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.
Ndipo akasema, Haja moja ndogo nakuomba; usinikataze. Mfalme akamwambia, Omba, mama; kwa kuwa siwezi kukukataza neno.
21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
Naye akasema, Nataka Adonia, ndugu yako, aozwe Abishagi, Mshunami.
22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
Akajibu mfalme Sulemani akamwambia mamaye, Na mbona wamtakia Adonia Abishagi, Mshunami? Umtakie na ufalme pia; kwa kuwa yeye ni ndugu yangu mkubwa; naam, umtakie yeye, na Abiathari kuhani, na Yoabu mwana wa Seruya.
23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
Ndipo mfalme Sulemani akaapa kwa Bwana, akasema, Mungu anifanyie hivyo, na kuzidi, isipokuwa Adonia amenena neno hili juu ya uhai wake mwenyewe.
24 Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
Basi kwa hiyo, Bwana aishivyo, aliyenithibitisha na kunikalisha katika kiti cha enzi cha Daudi baba yangu, akanifanyia nyumba, kama alivyoahidi, hakika atauawa leo hivi Adonia.
25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
Mfalme Sulemani akatuma kwa mkono wa Benaya mwana wa Yehoyada: naye akampiga, hata akafa.
26 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
Tena, mfalme akamwambia Abiathari kuhani, Enenda Anathothi mashambani kwako; kwa kuwa wastahili kufa; ila leo sikuui, kwa sababu wewe ulichukua sanduku la Bwana mbele ya Daudi baba yangu, na kwa sababu wewe uliteswa kwa mateso yote ya baba yangu.
27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
Hivyo Sulemani akamtoa Abiathari asiwe kuhani wa Bwana; ili alitimize neno la Bwana, alilonena juu ya nyumba ya Eli katika Shilo.
28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
Tena, habari zikamfikia Yoabu; kwa maana Yoabu alikuwa amemfuata Adonia, ingawa hakumfuata Absalomu. Yoabu akakimbilia Hemani kwa Bwana, akazishika pembe za madhabahu.
29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
Akaambiwa mfalme Sulemani ya kwamba, Yoabu amekimbilia Hemani kwa Bwana, naye, tazama, yuko madhabahuni. Ndipo Sulemani akamtuma Benaya, mwana wa Yehoyada, akisema, Enenda, umpige.
30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
Basi Benaya akaja Hemani kwa Bwana, akamwambia, Mfalme asema hivi, Njoo utoke. Naye akajibu, La, sivyo; ila nitakufa papa hapa. Naye Benaya akamletea mfalme habari, akisema, Hivi ndivyo alivyonena Yoabu, na ndivyo alivyonijibu.
31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
Mfalme akamwambia, Fanya alivyonena, umpige, ukamzike; ili uniondolee mimi na nyumba ya babangu damu aliyoimwaga Yoabu bure.
32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit , Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
Naye Bwana atamrudishia damu yake kichwani pake mwenyewe, kwa kuwa aliwapiga watu wawili wenye haki, na wema kuliko yeye, akawaua kwa upanga, wala babangu Daudi hakujua habari hiyo; yaani Abneri, mwana wa Neri, jemadari wa jeshi la Israeli, na Amasa, mwana wa Yetheri, jemadari wa jeshi la Yuda.
33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.
Hivyo damu yao itarudi kichwani pa Yoabu, na kichwani pa wazao wake hata milele; ila kwa Daudi, na kwa wazao wake, na kwa nyumba yake, na kwa kiti chake cha enzi, kutakuwa na amani hata milele kutoka kwa Bwana.
34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
Ndipo Benaya, mwana wa Yehoyada, akapanda, akampiga, akamwua; naye akazikwa katika nyumba yake mwenyewe iliyoko nyikani.
35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
Kisha mfalme akamweka Benaya, mwana wa Yehoyada, mahali pake juu ya jeshi; na Sadoki, kuhani, mfalme akamweka mahali pa Abiathari.
36 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.
Tena, mfalme akatuma watu akamwita Shimei, akamwambia, Ujijengee nyumba humu Yerusalemu, ukae ndani yake, wala usitoke humo kwenda mahali po pote.
37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.
Kwa kuwa siku ile ya kutoka kwako, na kuvuka kijito Kidroni, ujue hakika ya kwamba kufa utakufa; damu yako itakuwa juu ya kichwa chako mwenyewe.
38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
Naye Shimei akamwambia mfalme, Neno hili ni jema; kama alivyosema bwana wangu mfalme, ndivyo atakavyofanya mtumwa wako. Basi Shimei akakaa Yerusalemu siku nyingi.
39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.
Ikawa miaka mitatu ilipokwisha, watumwa wawili wa Shimei wakatoroka kwenda kwa Akishi, mwana wa Maaka, mfalme wa Gathi. Wakamwambia Shimei, wakasema, Angalia, watumwa wako wako huko Gathi.
40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.
Shimei akaondoka, akatandika punda wake, akaenda Gathi kwa Akishi, ili kuwatafuta watumwa wake. Akaenda Shimei, akawaleta watumwa wake toka Gathi.
41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
Naye Sulemani akaambiwa, ya kwamba Shimei alikuwa ametoka Yerusalemu kwenda Gathi, na kurudi tena.
42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.
Basi, mfalme akatuma watu, akamwita Shimei, akamwambia, Je! Sikukuapisha kwa Bwana, na kukushuhudia, kusema, Siku ile ya kutoka kwako ukienda mahali po pote, ujue hakika ya kwamba kufa utakufa? Nawe ukaniambia, Neno hili nililolisikia ni jema?
43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
Mbona basi hukukishika kiapo cha Bwana, na amri niliyokuagiza?
44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
Tena, mfalme akamwambia Shimei, Umejua uovu wote uliouona moyoni mwako, uliomtenda Daudi baba yangu; basi kwa hiyo Bwana atakurudishia uovu wako kichwani pako mwenyewe.
45 and king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
Ila mfalme Sulemani atakuwa amebarikiwa, na kiti cha enzi cha Daudi kitathibitika mbele za Bwana hata milele.
46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
Basi mfalme akamwamuru Benaya, mwana wa Yehoyada; naye akatoka, akampiga, hata akafa. Nao ufalme ukawa imara mkononi mwa Sulemani.
